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ACYL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
Example:
an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group
Synonyms:
acyl; acyl group
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("acyl" is a kind of...):
chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acyl"):
acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical (the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-))
foryml ((chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes)
Context examples:
One of a number of a class of sphingolipids, N-acyl derivatives with long chains.
(Ceramide, NCI Thesaurus)
Phase II detoxification enzymes, such as glutathione-S-transferase (GST), glucuronyl transferase, acyl transferase, or sulfotransferase, catalyze conjugation reactions of xenobiotics or metabolites formed in phase I reactions.
(Phase II Enzymes Inducer, NCI Thesaurus)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly two double bonds, originating from the 10th and 12th positions from the methyl end, resulting in a conjugated section of the acyl chain.
(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-6, NCI Thesaurus)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly two double bonds, originating from the 9th and 11th positions from the methyl end, resulting in a conjugated section of the acyl chain.
(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-7, NCI Thesaurus)
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